Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Salty]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Because your body is like a tire that contains the rest of the car.

Unless that was a rhetorical question, in which case, yeah.

[Don Coyote]

I was having a pretty chill day. Bought some basic tools that I mysteriously don't own. Bought some books, some poetry, I think all that is left of Transmet, and RIFTS because for some reason I just love reading Palladium game books.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Solidly trounced Pickles at Trek Trivia (we also made it a drinking game, so he is shitfaced, and I am less drunk than usual on a Saturday an hour after midnight). There were good times all around, but one question did make me think about race portrayals (aside from the fact that alien species are often referred to as races, of course).

Angela (Pickles' gf, who is black, and was the night's Trebek): What captain is not known to be an equestrian: Pike, Kirk, Picard, or Sisko.
:Twid and Pickles slap the table, Pickles is  bit quicker:
Pickles: Sisko.
Angela: Why, because he's black?
Twid: Have you ever seen a black equestrian?
Angela: No. Sisko is the correct answer.

It was meant to be a crass joke, but, it's true. Horsemen are almost universally white, or Native American. On a rare occasion Mongol.

ETA: What I mean is portrayed. I'm sure plenty of black people ride horses.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Temporarily...not sure how long.
Donate blood?
Order a cannula?

...If you've got any supermarkets that sell dandelion greens, or know of safe places to pick them, they are a fairly good diuretic. 
Personally I'd get some gub'mint pills though-I hope you can do that.

We like your brain the way it is, and don't want you poppin' blood vessels.

I was trying to donate blood at the time, they rejected me because my blood pressure was too high.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Because your body is like a tire that contains the rest of the car.

Unless that was a rhetorical question, in which case, yeah.

Alty, consider the source. 

[Doktor Howl]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Temporarily...not sure how long.
Donate blood?
Order a cannula?

...If you've got any supermarkets that sell dandelion greens, or know of safe places to pick them, they are a fairly good diuretic. 
Personally I'd get some gub'mint pills though-I hope you can do that.

We like your brain the way it is, and don't want you poppin' blood vessels.

I was trying to donate blood at the time, they rejected me because my blood pressure was too high.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Solidly trounced Pickles at Trek Trivia (we also made it a drinking game, so he is shitfaced, and I am less drunk than usual on a Saturday an hour after midnight). There were good times all around, but one question did make me think about race portrayals (aside from the fact that alien species are often referred to as races, of course).

Angela (Pickles' gf, who is black, and was the night's Trebek): What captain is not known to be an equestrian: Pike, Kirk, Picard, or Sisko.
:Twid and Pickles slap the table, Pickles is  bit quicker:
Pickles: Sisko.
Angela: Why, because he's black?
Twid: Have you ever seen a black equestrian?
Angela: No. Sisko is the correct answer.

It was meant to be a crass joke, but, it's true. Horsemen are almost universally white, or Native American. On a rare occasion Mongol.

ETA: What I mean is portrayed. I'm sure plenty of black people ride horses.

I got your intent, totally. And you're right. The most I think I've ever seen a black guy on a horse in the media is Old Spice Guy. Despite this: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/world/black-cowboys

[Don Coyote]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Temporarily...not sure how long.
Donate blood?
Order a Cramulus?

...If you've got any supermarkets that sell dandelion greens, or know of safe places to pick them, they are a fairly good diuretic. 
Personally I'd get some gub'mint pills though-I hope you can do that.

We like your brain the way it is, and don't want you poppin' blood vessels.

I was trying to donate blood at the time, they rejected me because my blood pressure was too high.

How I read it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What I still don't understand about the blood pressure thing is, if my blood pressure is too high, won't letting some out help?

Works with tires.

Temporarily...not sure how long.
Donate blood?
Order a cannula?

...If you've got any supermarkets that sell dandelion greens, or know of safe places to pick them, they are a fairly good diuretic. 
Personally I'd get some gub'mint pills though-I hope you can do that.

We like your brain the way it is, and don't want you poppin' blood vessels.

I was trying to donate blood at the time, they rejected me because my blood pressure was too high.

I'm on best behavior for the next 30 days: No drankin, no smokin, no red meat, reduced salt, plenty of exercise, potassium and folic acid supplements, hawthorne and CoQ10. All the things I should be doing anyway, but got complacent about.

SO YEAH, I'M MAD BRO! 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Solidly trounced Pickles at Trek Trivia (we also made it a drinking game, so he is shitfaced, and I am less drunk than usual on a Saturday an hour after midnight). There were good times all around, but one question did make me think about race portrayals (aside from the fact that alien species are often referred to as races, of course).

Angela (Pickles' gf, who is black, and was the night's Trebek): What captain is not known to be an equestrian: Pike, Kirk, Picard, or Sisko.
:Twid and Pickles slap the table, Pickles is  bit quicker:
Pickles: Sisko.
Angela: Why, because he's black?
Twid: Have you ever seen a black equestrian?
Angela: No. Sisko is the correct answer.

It was meant to be a crass joke, but, it's true. Horsemen are almost universally white, or Native American. On a rare occasion Mongol.

ETA: What I mean is portrayed. I'm sure plenty of black people ride horses.

I got your intent, totally. And you're right. The most I think I've ever seen a black guy on a horse in the media is Old Spice Guy. Despite this: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/world/black-cowboys

That was a cool article. To be honest, I actually haven't seen white equestrians either, unless they were fictional. Oddly enough, my father's region of Ireland is known around the globe for horsebreeding (so much so that my one equestrian ex knew exactly where dad came from when I said "dad's part of Ireland is known for horsebreeding." Had we stayed together, I would have seen to it that we visited grandpa the third week of August), but I've never seen an Irish person, let alone a white person, ride a horse IRL.

This is also pretty cool because it takes two stereotypically white things and combines them in one weird African phenomenon: Heavy Metal Cowboys. http://www.vice.com/read/atlas-hoods-botswanas-cowboy-metalheads

[Left]

The most I think I've ever seen a black guy on a horse in the media is Old Spice Guy. Despite this: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/world/black-cowboys

My immediate thought was of this guy:


@ Twid, Botswana heavy metal cowboys...awesome.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The most I think I've ever seen a black guy on a horse in the media is Old Spice Guy. Despite this: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/world/black-cowboys

My immediate thought was of this guy:


@ Twid, Botswana heavy metal cowboys...awesome.

Dude. Being a Black Metaller (yuk yuk- Black Metallers are generally Norwegian) in Botswana is pretty hard core. I bitch about the weather here in my office attire. These dudes are wearing full out leather going to damn near kill you in the mosh pit gear in one of the hottest land masses on Earth.

Twid,
Cool with Soviet hand-me-downs.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The most I think I've ever seen a black guy on a horse in the media is Old Spice Guy. Despite this: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/world/black-cowboys

My immediate thought was of this guy:


@ Twid, Botswana heavy metal cowboys...awesome.

Dude. Being a Black Metaller (yuk yuk- Black Metallers are generally Norwegian) in Botswana is pretty hard core. I bitch about the weather here in my office attire. These dudes are wearing full out leather going to damn near kill you in the mosh pit gear in one of the hottest land masses on Earth.

Twid,
Cool with Soviet hand-me-downs.

Also, now that I think about it, if I reincarnate as a Botswanan female, remind me to do the monkey thing as a gig precursor and not a end the night sort of thing.

Man stank no es bueno.

[Suu]

Bag on ceiling split. Boyfriend wouldn't wake up, so I'm in the living room listening to the storm blow over. Just took 2 Benedryl. Expecting to pass out in a few.

Decided I hate Providence, again.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Bag on ceiling split. Boyfriend wouldn't wake up, so I'm in the living room listening to the storm blow over. Just took 2 Benedryl. Expecting to pass out in a few.

Decided I hate Providence, again.

Stay safe and sane.